On October 22, 2010, at 12:00 PM, I observed my micro-aquarium for the first time since I created it. The first thing I noticed was a little water loss due to evaporation most likely. I then put my micro-aquarium and began to observe. In general, life seemed to have decreased in my micro-aquarium. I first observed the soil level, where I saw a few creatures that seemed to be moving by the use of flagellum. There were also thin worm-like creatures in the soil. I then began to observe around my plants. Around Plant A, there was very little life. I observed one small creature moving along a leaf blade. But when observing Plant B, I found relatively an abundance of life. The first thing I found was a huge creature that amazed me. I soon came to find out that it was a snail. This is a picture of it's head because it was too large to fit in the picture frame:
Wrapped around the plant were many worms called annelids. They moved pretty fast and were hard to capture in pictures, but I took two to shoe the body of the annelid. These are pictures of the body of two different annelids. I hope to get pictures of their heads and tails in future observations. The annelids have cilia projecting form them to aid in movement
In what I believe was one of the roots of Plant B, there were hundreds of little green creatures. There were very interesting.
Next, I found two cyclops that were swimming around near Plant B. The cyclops really interested me because I observed the way they were feeding Here they are:
This is what I observed when I viewed my micro-aquarium on October 22, 2010.
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